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Practice ... Maria Sharapova plays against a couple of young Aussies. Source: Aaron Favila / AP
Maria Sharapova has made up for an injury-interrupted Australian Open preparation by going head-to-head with two Australian male youngsters.
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The Russian 2008 winner admitted it was not ideal that she was denied lead-up matches after she was forced to withdraw from the Brisbane International with a collarbone injury.
Instead, after regaining health she has tuned up for the Open by taking on Australia's 18-year-old Open wildcard entrant Luke Saville and 16-year-old Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, who lost in qualifying at Melbourne Park.
Both were tight tussles.
"One of them (Kokkinakis) was really on top of me and then I got really mad,'' Sharapova told reporters in Melbourne on Saturday.
"I think he had eight set points and I ended up winning the set ... I don't think he slept well after that one.
"Then another one, it was Luke Saville, we didn't actually finish, the set took too long.
"It was just nice to be able to have different types of game styles as well.''
Sharapova also played an exhibition set against Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova on Saturday.
While admitting it wasn't the ideal build-up, Sharapova was confident she could still work her way into the tournament.
"I would have loved to come in with a few matches but sometimes circumstances don't allow that and that's okay,'' she said.
"To me, I'd rather be going onto the court knowing that I'm healthy. Yes I might be a little bit rusty, but I'll work my way through it.''
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